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Democrats are on offense in this year's congressional campaign. The party is putting up candidates in districts where Democrats haven't even bothered to challenge Republicans in recent years.

The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the fiscal year just ended — a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war.

Facebook says a vulnerability allowed attackers to gain full access to some users' accounts; it's not yet clear whether any accounts were actually misused. The company says the problem has been fixed.

The avant-garde saxophonist and member of the World Saxophone Quartet died Thursday at age 78.

In a newly published index, the Center for Global Development assesses the quantity and quality of aid from 27 wealthy countries.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given farmers the OK to continue to spray the controversial weedkiller dicamba. The chemical is prone to blowing in the wind and damaging other vegetation.

In response to the transformation of views on sexual harassment, New York state and New York City passed laws requiring training of all workers. Now, business owners are scrambling to comply.

The Postal Service, criticized by Trump for charging Amazon "so little," has lacked a quorum on its governing board since 2014. The board needs at least four new members; Trump has nominated three.

Sinclair Broadcast Group owns more than 190 local TV stations across the country. The company recently began instructing local anchors to read a script denouncing "fake" news.

"The right whales are at a point where more are dying than are being born," biologist Clay George says. "That's just not sustainable long-term."